Given that $f(x)$ is a continuous function and its value is positive at point $x_0$ I need to prove that:
$$
f(x) + \frac{1}{f(x)}
$$
is continuous at $x_0$. I think this is really easy but not 100% sure. My thinking is:
1) because $f(x)$ is continuous at $x_0$ then $lim_{x \to x_0} f(x)$ exists (definition of a continuous function at a given point).
2) Let's see if $lim_{x \to x_0} f(x) + \frac{1}{f(x)}$ exists: $lim_{x \to x_0} f(x) + \frac{1}{f(x)} = lim_{x \to x_0} \frac{(f(x))^2 +1}{f(x)}$, provided that $f(x) \neq 0$ which is given hence the limit exists.
3) According to arithmetic of continuous functions $\frac{(f(x))^2 +1}{f(x)}$ is valid because the denominator will never be $0$. Thus the $\frac{(f(x))^2 +1}{f(x)}$ is continuous at $x_0$.
Answer
we introduce g, such as $g(x)=f(x) + \frac{1}{f(x)}$, which is the sum of two functions .
We know that f is continuous at $x_0$ and non-null ( I guess), therefore, the inverse of this function is also continuous at that point.
The sum of two continuous functions at one point, is continuous, therefore g is continuous at $x_0$
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